13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
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Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. …
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)The prophet, having sadly complained of the wickedness of the times he lived in, here fastens upon some considerations for the comfort of himself and his friends, in reference thereunto. The case is bad, but it is not desperate. Yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing . I. “Though God be now displeased he shall be reconciled to us, and then all will be well, Mic. 7:7 , 9 . We are now…
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